MUMBAI (Reuters) – Police in India’s financial capital of Mumbai have detained a key suspect in the knife attack on Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan, TV channels reported on Friday.
Khan, 54, was stabbed six times by an intruder during a burglary attempt at his home in an upscale neighbourhood of Mumbai in the early hours of Thursday. He was operated after sustaining stab wounds to his spine, neck and hands, and is out of danger, doctors said.
One person, suspected to be the attacker was detained, TV channels reported, with visuals showing police escorting a man into a police station in Mumbai.
Dikshit Gedam, the police officer investigating the case, did not confirm the detention and told Reuters that there was no major development in the case.
The attack on Khan, one of Bollywood’s most bankable and well-known actors, shocked the film industry and Mumbai residents, with many calling for better policing and security.
(Reporting by Shilpa Jamkhandikar and Sudipto Ganguly in Mumbai; Editing by YP Rajesh)
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